‘I’ve tried my best but I wasn’t meant to be a Lion,’ says James Haskell
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• Second row offers brutally honest assessment of Lions omission• It’s about seizing your opportunity. I obviously failed to do thatJames Haskell has delivered a brutally honest assessment of his omission from the British & Irish Lions squad, conceding that a failure to wear the fabled red jersey means he cannot be considered a great of the game but realigning his sights towards appearing at a third World Cup with England in 2019.Despite Joe Launchbury’s high-profile snub from the Lions, the Wasps director of rugby, Dai Young, believes Haskell was his most unlucky player to miss out, havin…





